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A federal judge in Philadelphia has approved new rules that seek to eliminate racial bias in the testing and payout of NFL concussion claims.

In closing statements, prosecutors argued that Bostian “knew where he was” but accelerated his train anyway, while the defense urged understanding for a mistake.

It’s likely that presiding Judge Robert Lougy may provide a written opinion at a later date, given the magnitude of the case.

The deal reached Thursday would require members of the Sackler family who own the drugmaker to pay as much as $6 billion in cash.

The jury on Thursday found Brett Hankison not guilty of three counts of wanton endangerment for firing shots that ripped into a neighboring apartment.

At issue is a fundamental question: Who has the power to determine how elections are run?

As is tradition, the hearings will last four days, with opening statements on March 21 and testimony and questioning the next two days. The fourth day will include testimony f

The justices issued an order that overturned a Feb. 16 decision by a Commonwealth Court judge that would have pulled the plug on the state's 2-year-old voting law.

The lawsuit says at least one family is already under investigation for providing their child with medically necessary gender-affirming care.

Ketanji Brown Jackson is the first Black woman nominated to the nation’s highest court. Local attorneys, judges and law students revel in the historic moment.

A jury has been chosen in the criminal trial of train engineer Brandon Bostian, 38, for his role in a deadly 2015 Amtrak derailment in North Philadelphia.

Just 10.6% of Delaware judges are Black men or women, far below the state demographics, with Black residents making up 22% of the population.

Learn the story of Private Oliver Cromwell, a Black Revolutionary War hero from New Jersey who crossed the Delaware River with George Washington.

Sandra Day O'Connor was nervous when she joined the Supreme Court in 1981 as the nation's first female justice.

The former Miami Dolphins coach has maintained his lawsuit would continue even if he found another coaching position.